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HE WAS busy writing something in his notes. Studying in Japan is really hard specially that he is not really from here but in Hong Kong. He speaks Chinese and he's still learning Japanese language. Hindi na magtataka si Soi Zui kung sa susunod na taon ay lilipat na naman sila ng bansang tutuloyan.
His father was powerful. May connections ito sa mga Yakuza leaders o kung ano pa. Baka nga may sarili na rin itong sindikatong pinamumunoan. Hindi niya lang pinapansin iyon dahil sanay na siya.
His mother was still beside them despite than his father—Chong Zui was a womanizer. Sa bahay na tinutuloyan nila, sanay na siyang makarinig ng iyak ng babae at pagkatapos ay putok ng baril. Nagbibingi-bingihan na lamang si Soi.
“Your father captured a young girl. I'm afraid what he will do to her.” Bungad iyon ng kanyang ina nang makapasok ito sa kanyang silid.
Hindi naman umimik si Soi at nanatili ang kanyang mga mata sa Japanese-Chinese dictionary at Japanese book na binabasa niya.
“She may be his daughter.” Wala sa sariling tugon niya na ilang saglit lang ay gusto na niyang bawiin nang mapagtanto niya kung ano ang sinabi sa harapan ng ina. “M-mother, I'm... I'm sorry.”
Tipid lamang na ngumiti ang ina. “You don't need to, son and she is not his daughter. I heard that he got her from our mansion in the Philippines five years ago. She's been keeping her as a young slave and now he brought her here.”
Biglang naalala ni Soi iyong baby na iniwan sa harapan ng bahay nila. That was eight years ago, babae pala iyon. Hindi niya napansin. Hindi naman niya kasi binigyang pansin ang mga ganoong bagay. As long as his father won't harm them, Soi was okay with that.
“I heard that the girl suffers a lot.”
“We all, Mother. We suffered a lot because of Father.” He said. “But because you love him that much you can't even leave him behind.”
Totoo iyon, that's the main reason why they can't leave his father behind. Love, ruins everything. Love ruins her mother. His ungrateful father... Tss, he didn't even know how to address him but because of his beloved mother, tinatanggap niya pa rin ng paulit ulit ang ama niya.
